Concrete revolution : large dams, Cold War geopolitics, and the US Bureau of Reclamation / Christopher Sneddon

Englisch

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press [2015], 2015

xii, 270 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten ; 24 cm

Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 243-259 und Index

978-0-226-28431-6 cloth : alk. paper

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-0-226-28445-3 e-book

Large dams, technopolitics, and developmentBuilding a "world-wide fraternity": the Bureau, China, and John Savage -- "A reclamation program to lead them": the Bureau goes global -- Ethiopia, the Bureau, and investigations of the blue Nile -- Cold War geopolitics, technical expertise, and the Mekong project -- Large dams and the contemporary geopolitics of development -- Conclusion: large dams and other things.

*USA / Dammbau / Geschichte 1933-1975

*United States -- Bureau of Reclamation ; Water resources development -- United States ; Dams -- History -- 20th century ; Water resources development -- Political aspects ; Technical assistance, American -- Political aspects -- Developing countries ; Geopolitics -- United States

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